Rothwell

Name

Rothwell

Legal name

The Rothwell Group, L.P.

Website

https://rothwellgroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Geospatial and Enterprise Process Automation Software

NAICS

Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (541360), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Oil & Gas Field Exploration Services (1382), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Seismic & Geoscience Services (Acquisition, Processing, Interpretation) (EUALABAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Mineral Exploration & Geoscience Services (Geology, Geophysics, Geochemistry, Resource Modeling) (IMAKAKAA)

Keywords

• Geospatial software development
• Custom enterprise software
• Plate tectonics reconstruction
• Business process automation
• Paleoclimate modeling tools

Headquarters

HQ city

Lakewood

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Custom Software Development: Design and implementation of tailored software solutions for business process automation, GIS applications, and decision support systems based on Rothwell Process Excellence Framework
2. Software Products (PaleoGIS Suite): Sale of plate tectonics reconstruction and climate modeling software tools for exploration geologists and GIS professionals in the oil, gas and mining industries

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Rothwell designs and delivers custom software solutions that automate and optimize complex geoscience, geospatial, decision-support, and back-office processes for organizations. Its core commercial product is the PaleoGIS Suite — trademarked plate tectonics reconstruction and climate modeling tools (including PaleoClimate, PaleoWeb, PaleoRun, PaleoGlobe, and PaleoSearch) sold to exploration geologists and GIS professionals in the oil, gas, and mining sectors. Complementing the product, Rothwell offers custom enterprise services around Excel-to-web conversion, GIS application development, and business process/workflow automation grounded in lean and Six Sigma methodologies.

Product overview

Rothwell offers a portfolio centered on the PaleoGIS Suite, which is a core product combining plate tectonics reconstruction and climate modeling tools including the PaleoClimate submodule for surface temperature analysis. Beyond software products, Rothwell provides three specialized services: Excel Spreadsheet Conversion (transforming legacy decision models into web-based applications), Business Process Management (optimizing workforce and back-office workflows), and GIS/Geospatial solutions (building custom mapping applications and spatial databases). The company serves the energy, oil and gas, engineering services, and recruiting industries with solutions designed for operational efficiency and digital transformation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PaleoGIS Suite: Plate tectonics reconstruction and climate modeling tools for exploration geologists and GIS professionals to visualize, characterize and understand basin and play development.
• PaleoGIS
• PaleoWeb
• PaleoClimate
• PaleoRun
• PaleoGlobe
• PaleoSearch

Products and services

• PaleoGIS Suite A robust suite of plate tectonics reconstruction and climate modeling tools that enables exploration geologists and GIS professionals to dynamically visualize, characterize, and understand basin and play development for hydrocarbon and mineral exploration analysis.
• PaleoClimate Climate modeling component of the PaleoGIS Suite that provides surface temperature analysis and paleoclimate reconstruction for evaluating source rock formation and organic deposit evolution over geological time.
• Excel Spreadsheet Conversion Service Service that transforms complex Excel-based decision analysis tools, forecasting models, and budgeting spreadsheets into secure, standardized, database-agnostic, web-based or smart-client applications for organizations with legacy Excel dependencies.
• Business Process Management Service Custom software solutions that optimize workforce, job, and back-office workflow processes including routing, tracking, and approval automation for emerging companies and enterprise departments.
• GIS/Geospatial Solutions Service Enterprise and customer-facing GIS solutions including spatial database development, custom web and mobile mapping applications, spatial analysis, business mapping, cloud deployment, and data conversion using ESRI and other specialized GIS tools.

Quantifiable outcome

• Enables faster decision-making with less risk and lower field appraisal costs
• +1 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Seequent (formerly Geosoft): Geoscience software platform used by mining and exploration professionals for 3D subsurface modeling and interpretation. Directly comparable to Rothwell's PaleoGIS Suite in serving exploration geologists with domain-specialized software for basin and resource analysis.
• Getech Group plc: Provides plate tectonics reconstructions, paleogeographic data, and gravity/magnetic datasets to the oil, gas, and mining industries. Highly comparable to Rothwell in that it sells proprietary plate tectonics and paleoclimate products used for exploration targeting.
• CGG (Compagnie Générale de Géophysique): Global geoscience company offering seismic data, subsurface imaging, and geology/geophysics software to E&P operators. Comparable to Rothwell as it combines geophysical/geoscience data products with software tools serving the same upstream O&G exploration customers.
• TGS: Provider of subsurface data, multi-client libraries, and analytics software used by E&P companies for exploration evaluation. Comparable to Rothwell as a data-and-software vendor targeting geoscientists in oil and gas exploration.
• Petrosys: Specialist petroleum geoscience software vendor for mapping, surface modeling, and basin evaluation. Directly comparable to Rothwell as a niche geoscience software firm serving oil and gas exploration workflows.

Broad incumbents

• Emerson (Paradigm geoscience software): Paradigm (now part of Emerson) provides E&P software for subsurface modeling, reservoir characterization, and well planning. A larger, broader portfolio incumbent that competes with PaleoGIS for geoscience software budgets at major E&P companies.
• SLB (Schlumberger): Global oilfield services and digital company whose GeoSoftware and Petrel platforms serve the same geoscience and exploration customers as Rothwell. Much larger incumbent with overlapping subsurface interpretation capabilities.
• Halliburton (Landmark / DecisionSpace): Major oilfield services firm offering the Landmark DecisionSpace geoscience and E&P software suite. Competes with PaleoGIS for upstream exploration and reservoir software spend at large operators.
• ESRI: Dominant GIS platform vendor whose ArcGIS technology underpins much of the geospatial infrastructure Rothwell builds custom solutions on. A broader incumbent that competes for enterprise GIS/geospatial budgets across energy and utilities.

Emerging players

• Badley Geoscience: Independent geoscience consultancy and software provider focused on basin analysis and structural geology. Highly comparable niche peer to Rothwell in scale and specialization around basin/play geoscience for E&P.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/paleogis

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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